1. The polarographic method was employed in a study of the tautomeric and stereoisomeric transformations in alcoholic solutions of the phenylhydrazones of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isopropyl ketone, cyclohexanone and benzaldehyde; the ethylphenylhydrazone of acetone was also studied. 2. It was shown that in alcoholic solution phenylhydrazones are generally capable of existing in three tautomeric forms, each of which in turns can be present as $yn- and anti-isomers. On dissolution in alcohol the tautomeric equilibrium Is shifted to the side of the azo form. 3. The half-wave potentials of the tautomers and stereoisomers of the various phenylhydrazones were determined, and the energies of the reciprocal transformations were calculated from the data obtained. 4. It was established that the phenylhydrazones of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isopropyl ketone and cyclohexanone and the ethylphenylhydrazone of acetone possess the enhydrazone structure in the free state.
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